Imam Xierali, PhD, Health Geographer and Research Scientist

Imam Xierali is Health Geographer and Research Scientist at the Robert Graham Center. Previously, he was a Statistical Analyst at Georgia Division of Public Health, actively participating in enterprise GIS management and applying geographic information systems and spatial statistics in public health policy research.

His research interests are in spatial disparities in health and health care, geospatial technologies for health applications, statistical modeling and spatial statistics. He is particularly interested in combining geospatial analytical tools and statistical modeling to study the spatial relationships between health and environment, health outcomes, and primary care access and delivery.

He earned a Ph.D. in geography (2006) and an M.A. in geographic information systems (2004) from the University of Cincinnati. He also earned an M.A. in political science from the University of Cincinnati in 2003. He is a member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), American Public Health Association (APHA), Georgia Public Health Association (GPHA) and Pi Sigma Alpha.